Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
The Monsoon session 2020 of Parliament begins tomorrow on September 14
The Session will take up 47 items during its 18 sittings till 1st October;
Will take up eleven Bills to replace the ordinances
The Monsson session 2020 of Parliament will begin from Monday, on September 14, 2020. The fourth session of 17th Lok Sabha and 252nd Session of Rajya Sabha is scheduledto be held on Monday, 14th September, 2020 and subject to exigencies of Government Business, may conclude on Thursday, 1st October, 2020.
The Session will provide a total of 18 sittings spread over a period of 18 days  and a total of 47items have been identified for being taken up during the Monsoon Session, 2020. .
The total eleven Bills replacing the ordinance namely: The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce  Bill, 2020.  The Farmers  Agreement on Prices Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020. The Homoeopathy Central Council  Bill, 2020.  The Indian Medicine Central Council  Bill, 2020.  The Essential Commodities  Bill, 2020. The Insolvency & Bankruptcy  Amendment Bill, 2020  The Banking Regulation  Bill, 2020.  The Taxation and Other Laws  Bill, 2020 The Epidemic Diseases  Bill, 2020  The Salary and Allowances of Ministers  Bill, 2020  The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament  Bill, 2020 are required to be passed during the ensuing Monsoon Session.
Further, some important pending legislations in the Houses required to be considered and passed during the Session are  The Pesticides Management Bill, 2020.  The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine  Bill, 2019 as passed by Rajya Sabha.The National Commission for Homoeopathy  Bill, 2019as passed by Rajya Sabha.The Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020 as passed by Lok Sabha. The Aircraft  Bill, 2020 as passed by Lok Sabha.  The Companies  Bill, 2020  The Medical Termination of Pregnancy  Bill, 2020 as passed by Lok Sabha.The Surrogacy  Bill, 2020 as passed by Lok Sabha.The Rashtriya Raksha University Bill, 2020 The National Forensic Science University Bill, 2020.  The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws  Bill, 2020 as passed by Lok Sabha The Inter-State River Water Disputes , Bill, 2019 as passed by Lok Sabha.The Dam Safety Bill, 2019 as passed by Lok Sabha.The Major Port Authorities Bill 2020  The Code On Social Security and Welfare, 2019  The Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code, 2019  The Industrial Relations Code Bill, 2019
Some other new bills likely to be introduced, considered and passed during this session are:  The Bilateral Netting of Financial Contracts Bill, 2020  The Factoring Regulation  Bill, 2020  The Pension Fund Regulatory And Development Authority  Bill, 2020  The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2020  The Assisted Reproductive Technology  Bill, 2020. The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi  Bill, 2020  The Foreign Contribution Amendment Bill, 2020 The Representation of People  Bill, 2020  The Prohibition of Employment as manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation  Bill, 2020  The Juvenile Justice  Amendment Bill, 2020. The Multi State Cooperative Societies  Bill, 2020  The Jammu and Kashmir Official Language, Bill, 2020.
There are few bills for withdrawal during the session namely:  The Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2018  The Mines  Bill, 2011  The Inter-State Migrant Workmen  Amendment Bill, 2011The Building and Other Construction Workers Related Laws  Bill, 2013The Employment Exchanges  Amendment Bill, 2013.
This will be the first Parliament session being held amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore all safety measures have been taken to conduct the session as per guidelines issued for Covid-19.
There will be a four-hour session for each House each day (9 am to 1 pm for Rajya Sabha and 3 pm to 7 pm for Lok Sabha. But on the first day only i.e. on 14th September of the Lok Sabha will meet in the morning session. The session will see other measures like seating MPs in a staggered way in chambers of both Houses, as well as galleries to maintain physical distancing norms, introduction of mobile app for registering of MPs’ attendance and seats separated with poly-carbon sheets in the House.
The Zero Hour will be there and the un-starred questionswill be laid on the table.